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    Table of Contents Introduction Supply Chain Management is the process of planning‚ implementing‚ and controlling the operations of supply chain with the purpose to satisfy customer requirements as efficiently as possible. Supply chain management spans all movement and storage of raw materials‚ work-in-process inventory‚ and finished goods from point-of-origin to point-of-consumption. It is a cross functional approach to managing the movement of raw materials into an organization and the movement

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    Chapter 10 Supply chain Strategy Review and Discussion Questions 1. What recent changes have caused supply chain management to gain importance? 2. With so much productive capacity and room for expansion in the United States‚ why would a company based in the United States choose to purchase items from foreign firm? Discuss the pros and cons. The use of foreign firms can provide a U.S. firm more alternatives in selecting a supplier. The pros are more choices‚ potentially reduced

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    a) Customer based segmentation b) Product lines based Segmentation Strategy to optimize supply chain performance of Alpha Systems‚ Inc. (ASI) 1. Procurement – ASI can categorize the procurement requirements based on the customer based segmentation. Achieving procurement according to the strategic importance and service standards will yield to higher reliability of deliveries to the superior valued customers. Further‚ procurement can focus on mass-market consumer channels customer segment by

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    Electronic Commerce -------------------------------------INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT FALL 2014 CASE STUDY: HOW WALMART USES EC IN ITS SUPPLY CHAIN Student Name Student Code Class Words Count : Nguyen Van Tuan : BA00286 : SB0703 : 918 1 Contents 1. Executive summary .........................................................................................................3 2. Case summary ..............................................................................................................

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    Supply Chain Management Network Design and Facility Location Classical Theories von Thunen Agricultural activity occurs in a “limitless plain of equal fertility” with a city in the middle Theorized that: City price = origin price + transport costs Transport costs = f {weight & distance} As a result Products having high weight/value ratio should be produced near the city (see next slide) Other Contributions Land values decrease as move from city More intense land utilization near

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    1.0 Introduction There are numerous definitions of the terms ‘Sustainable’ and ‘Supply Chain’. For the simplistic but practical definition is “Management of raw materials and services from suppliers to manufacturer/ service provider to customer and back with improvement of the social and environmental impacts explicitly considered”. The supply chain considers the interactions between a business and its customers and suppliers. The greatest benefits are derived by extending the focus as far as possible

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    SCM3006 Operations and Supply Chain Management Group Project Product: Baked Potato 1. Introduction 1.0 Introduce Baked Potato A baked potato is sometimes called a jacket potato in the United Kingdom. The baked potato has been popular in the UK and French for many years. In the mid-19th century‚ jacket potatoes were sold on the streets by hawkers during the autumn and winter months. In London‚ it was estimated that some 10 tons of baked potatoes were sold each day by this

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    Introduction Supply chain management is the process that an organization uses to "improve the way the company finds the raw components it needs to make a product or service and deliver it to customers (www.supply-chain.org 2006)." There are five basics components of a supply chain management system-plan‚ source‚ make‚ deliver‚ and return. Planning is the "strategy for managing all the resources that go toward meeting customer demand for the product or service (www.supply-chain.org 2006)." The source

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    are aware of the pending new technology and as a result‚ demand will decrease to zero on day 1460. Operations and Finance Jacobs’ distribution network consists of a single factory and a single warehouse‚ both in Calopeia. The warehouse only supplies air conditioner retrofit kit manufacturers‚ who are all in Calopeia. Jacobs produces its chemical in batches‚ loads the chemical into small plastic drums‚ and then transports the drums from the factory to the warehouse by truck. The warehouse sends

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    Value Chain Analysis (Starbucks) Primary Activities: • Inbound Logistic: Starbucks had its agents travelled regularly to coffee – growing countries to establish relationship with growers and distributors. In sourcing green coffee beans‚ it was increasingly dealing directly with farmer. It normally offered high prices to ensure that the poor small coffee growers have enough money to cover their production cost and for their families. To buy coffee beans‚ Starbucks used fixed price purchase

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